Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 March 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes

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9:00 am

Mr. John McCarthy:

The general purpose grant was the precursor of the LPT allocation. Once the LPT was introduced in 2014, it replaced the general purpose grant.

The general purpose grants were the State's contribution to the running costs of local authorities.

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